Sec. 14-3. Prohibited animals.
(a) Specific animals. It shall be unlawful to keep, maintain or raise in the city the following animals:
(1) Any artiodactyla (even toed) or Perissodactyla (odd toed) ungulate, including but not limited to animals in the genus Bos (cows), all species; Ovis (sheep), all species; and Capra (goats), all species; and all other hoofed animals.
(2) Any animal belonging to the family Phasianidae or family Anatidae, all species, including but not limited to, chickens, roosters, turkeys, peacocks, geese and ducks.
(3) Any dangerous animal.

Dont think they missed anything useful but what does "including but not limited to" actually MEAN?

It means that the things named are part of something larger, and the larger thing may also have other parts. For example, the alphabet includes, but is not limited to, the letters A through E, as well as J, K, and W.

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So if......................................... "It means that the things named are part of something larger, and the larger thing may also have other parts. For example, the alphabet includes, but is not limited to, the letters A through E, as well as J, K, and W."...................................................then they can say a chicken is an animal, as is an aardvark. So one is the same as the other - they are both animals - so we dont have to name all of them just some of them to restrict or ban any one we want.

Seems as crazy as the ordinance that forbids the eating or selling to eat of cats or dogs.

WHAT????

There is a LAW to say you cant eat a NON endangered animal???

I can see a law against Bald Eagle soup for instance, but dogs and cats the things are EVERYWHERE